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• Afropunk 2017 Sunday pics (Raphael Saadiq, Kaytranada, more)

  28-08-2017 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  Watch Anderson .Paak join Kaytranada for "Glowed Up" at Afropunk on Sunday. Raphael Saadiq, Gary Clark Jr., Dizzee Rascal, Michael Kiwanuka, Tygapaw, NAO, Juliana Haxtable, Kevin Abstract and others also performed on the festival's second day.
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• Labor Day Weekend 2017 NYC event guide

  28-08-2017 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Where did the summer go? Wanna see some live music in NYC this Labor Day Weekend? We have some suggestions.
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• Not Dead Yet 2017 lineup (Trapped Under Ice, Harley Flanagan, Incendiary, more)

  28-08-2017 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Harley Flanagan also plays a Queens show in February, 2018.
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• Kylesa's Laura Pleasants releases debut EP with new band The Discussion (listen)

  28-08-2017 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  While Kylesa remain on indefinite hiatus, co-singer Laura Pleasants has formed a new band, The Discussion. They just released their first EP, European Tour Ep 2017, which goes all in on the psychedelic rock side that Kylesa's last few records explored...
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• 15 acts to see at Made In America 2017

  28-08-2017 21:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  From massive headliner Jay-Z to rising political punks Downtown Boys, here are 15 artists we recommend catching at this weekend's Made In America festival.
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• Joey Bada$$ playing free Brooklyn show TODAY for a safer J'Ouvert

  28-08-2017 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  The first annual "Love Yourself Brooklyn Peace Concert" happens today from 4-7 PM.
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• Afropunk 2017 Sunday pics (Michael Kiwanuka, The Cool Kids, fashion, more)

  28-08-2017 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Afropunk Festival wrapped up its 2017 edition on Sunday (8/27) at Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park with more wild fashion, activism, and a great musical lineup including Raphael Saadiq, Kaytranada, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Gary Clark Jr., Burn, Dizzee Rascal, Michael Kiwanuka, Kevin Abstract, Tygapaw, The Cool Kids, J Rocc with Karriem Riggins, and more.
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• Lee Ann Womack releasing new LP, touring, playing intimate Brooklyn show

  28-08-2017 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lee Ann Womack was a country star in the '90s, found crossover pop success in the '00s, and then returned to classic country sounds this decade. She's set to release her new album The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone on October 17...
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• Red Bull throwing 3 Days In Philly with Girlpool, Noname, Syd & more

  28-08-2017 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  In addition to doing 30 Days In LA (and individual shows in several cities), Red Bull Sound Select will throw the first-ever 3 Days In Philly this fall.
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• OCS (aka Oh Sees) releasing 'Memory of a Cut Off Head,' share title track

  28-08-2017 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is the 20th Oh Sees album in 20 years, and it's the 100th release on main man John Dwyer's Castle Face label.
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• Converge announce tour with Pile & GIVE (2 nights at Vitus included)

  28-08-2017 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Converge's highly anticipated first album in five years, The Dusk In Us , drops on November 3 via Epitaph and the band have announced a short East Coast headlining tour for December...
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• Remo Drive made a video for "I'm My Own Doctor," on tour now

  28-08-2017 18:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some of their dates are with the Sorority Noise-related Small Circle, who also have a new song, "Mornings."
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• Hudson Jane Nurtures a Not So Secret Passion for Bacon

  28-08-2017 18:12 via bkmag.com
  
  It seems easy to take the pulse of Hudson Jane in an instant, by pegging it as one of the new, slyly sanctimonious breeds of all-day, holistic lifestyle cafes.
  The Fort Greene eatery flaunts the neo-fjordic uniform of pristine pale wood and succulent pots, and take-home “provisions” run to bottles of Dona Chai, blocks of Grafton Village raw cheddar, and recyclable tubs of baked vegan tomato pasta. And until DOB-based struggles allow them to finally serve wine, the restorative drink o
  
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• Solange played Afropunk with Sampha (pics, video), directing SZA video

  28-08-2017 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  Along with the many festivals she's played this summer, Solange directed the next video that will be released from SZA's 'CTRL,' "The Weekend." She also has a "digital interactive dossier" at London's Tate Modern featuring performance art, poetry, and visual concepts.
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• “Just Two Women” Drawing the Lines of Change in the World of Illustration

  28-08-2017 17:37 via bkmag.com
  
  Julia Rothman was studying the art featured in her bathroom magazine collection when she realized that every cover in the stack had been created by a man. She dug into the magazine’s archives to investigate the year’s covers, and discovered that out of 55 covers released in 2015, only four had been created by female-identified artists.“I called Wendy MacNaughton and I was like, ‘Did you know about this,” said Rothman. “‘This is wild and terrible and what
  
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• Heems & his new band I Awno rise against Islamophobia at BK Bazaar (pics)

  28-08-2017 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a late Thursday night (8/24) at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Heems headlined a benefit show at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar featuring some unannounced guests, his Thums Up bandmates Rafiq Bhatia and Kassa Overall, and Rafiq's Son Lux bandmate Ian Chang. Heems dubbed the new four-piece band I Awno...
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• Mastodon appeared in 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 finale, prep new EP

  28-08-2017 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  This was the second time Mastodon have been on 'Game of Thrones.'
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• Fat Tony streaming new album 'MacGregor Park,' touring

  28-08-2017 16:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Houston rapper Fat Tony returned with his first new album since 2013's Smart Ass Black Boy. It's called MacGregor Park, and, among other beatmakers, it features production from Rogét Chahayed, who co-produced D.R.A.M.'s massive "Broccoli."
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• DJDS, Actress, Show Me The Body @ Warm Up at MoMA PS1 (pics)

  28-08-2017 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  DJDS, Actress, Show Me the Body, RP Boo, Yves Tumor, and Umfang played the latest edition of Warm Up at MoMA PS1 on Saturday (8/26). We got there when punk-rap group Show Me the Body brought their unforgettable live show to PS1's courtyard...
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• Prawn, Slingshot Dakota & People Like You going on Topshelf tour

  28-08-2017 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Also, watch People Like You's new video for "Variations on an Aria" off their clean, mathy, horn-filled new album 'Verse.'
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• Frank Ocean releases new song "Provider" and lyric video

  28-08-2017 15:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  He premiered the song on his "blonded RADIO" show last night, along with a freestyle over 2 Chainz's "Rolls Royce Bitch," and now "Provider" has a Hello Kitty-themed lyric video.
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• Phil Lesh played Lockn' with Bob Weir (watch), adds Halloween show at the Cap

  28-08-2017 15:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plus: Phil's Central Park show with Jerry Garcia Band member Melvin Seals is this week.
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• Bklyn Heights’ PS 8 will not add class for 24 wait-listed tykes

  28-08-2017 15:06
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s a kindergarten cap!The city will not add an extra class for kindergarteners at Brooklyn Heights’ PS 8 this year, despite a wait list of 24 students just one school-year after a controversial rezoning designed to reduce overcrowding in its classrooms. And the decision is frustrating parents who hoped to get their youngsters enrolled there before the first bell on Sept. 7.“We really wanted our daughter to be in
  
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• Deep Purple, Alice Cooper & Edgar Winter brought classic hits to Jones Beach (pics)

  28-08-2017 14:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two bands that are staples of classic rock radio but also highly influential on heavy metal, Deep Purple and Alice Cooper, are currently on a co-headlining tour with support from blues rock veterans The Edgar Winter Band. We caught the tour at Jones Beach on Saturday (8/26). All three legendary acts were great to see, but Alice stole the show...
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• Cyclones take two of three from Yanks

  28-08-2017 14:01
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Matt Johnfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 6Staten Island 0Aug. 27 at MCU ParkWalter Rasquin had three hitsm scored twice, and drove in one and three Cyclone hurlers didn’t allow a run as the Cyclones won a series for the first time in more than a month.Our boys did all their damage in the first four innings. The Rabbi got the Clones on the board early by working a walk, stealing second and advancing to third on a throwing error, then scoring on a passed bal
  
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• Vets and police honored at veteran’s hospital ceremony

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne McShaneBrooklyn DailyThey’re true American patriots.
  Military veterans and city police chiefs gathered on Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Fort Hamilton for the Veterans’ Salute, an event honoring members of the military and police force for their service. By all measures, the event was a roaring success, according to the event’s principal organizer.
  “We had a wonderful ceremony,” said James F
  
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• Pan-tastic! Steel drum bands ready for showdown

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn DailyIt’s the battle of the pans!Two different Brooklyn bands will vie for the crown at the Steel Band Panorama competition on Sept. 2, part of the weekend of events leading up to the West Indian American Day Parade. The annual musical match-up draws a dozen acts from all over New York and New Jersey to the grounds of the Brooklyn Museum to compete for the title of best steel band, but the reigning champion and its closest comp
  
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• Milestone march: Caribbean carnival and parade turns 50!

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Nelson A. KingBrooklyn DailyBrooklyn’s biggest parade goes gold!The West Indian American Day Parade has reached a golden milestone this year, celebrating 50 years of promoting Caribbean culture and parading colorful outfits through the streets of New York. The theme for this year’s Carnival Week is “From a Dream to a Legacy” — an appropriate message as the parade looks forward to its next 50 years, said the president of the Wes
  
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• Human remains found buried near East Flatbush psychiatric hospital

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTalk about a bone-chilling discovery.Workers unearthed human bones deep underground outside a psychiatric center on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush on Aug. 21, police said.Construction workers excavating the site for sewer repair work struck the mysterious remains — including a skull, arm, and leg bones — 13 feet deep in the dirt near the Kingsboro Psychiatric Center at about 1 pm, according to authorities. The city&r
  
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• Driver hits 6-year-old boy in Marine Park

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyA driver hit a 6-year-old boy on E. 33rd Street as he was playing outside on Aug. 25, sending him to the hospital in critical but stable condition, police said.The youngster was playing on the sidewalk when he ran into the middle of the one-way street between Fillmore Avenue and Avenue S, and a man driving a 2012 Jeep struck him at about 1:20 pm, officials said.
  Emergency responders transported him to Kings County Hospital, and th
  
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• Bklyn Heights’ PS 8 will not add extra classroom for 24 wait-listed tykes

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperIt’s a kindergarten cap!The city will not add an extra class for kindergarteners at Brooklyn Heights’ PS 8 this year, despite a wait list of 24 students just one school-year after a controversial rezoning designed to reduce overcrowding in its classrooms. And the decision is frustrating parents who hoped to get their youngsters enrolled there before the first bell on Sept. 7.“We really wanted our daughter to be in
  
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• A safer celebration: Even more security curbs threat of violence at J’Ouvert

  28-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperLocals should not fear another violent J’Ouvert following the city’s announcement of new security measures — including specific entry points to the early-morning Labor Day parade, weapon searches, and the banning of large bags — in the wake of the festival being pushed to daylight hours, according to organizers.“We did everything including research and looking to other avenues for prevention and thi
  
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• Eddie Vedder performed on tonight's 'Twin Peaks'

  28-08-2017 03:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  No, he did not play Bob.
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• Afropunk 2017 Saturday pics (Solange, Soul II Soul, Little Simz, more)

  28-08-2017 01:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Afropunk Festival kicked off its 2017 edition at Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park on Saturday (8/26) with beautiful weather and a stacked lineup, including Solange, Soul II Soul, Macy Gray, Sampha, Sinkane, KING, Serpentwithfeet, and Little Simz.
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